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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT HODGES BISHOP AND WILLIAM DUVYN, OF HIGHGATE, ENG- LAND,ASSIGNORS OF lV\"O-'.l.HIRDS TO LYONEL EDWIN CLARK AND SYDNEY FRANCISSTAPLES, OF LQNDON, ENGLAND.

MONEY-BOX- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 6, 1906.

Application filed March 22, 1905. Serial No. 251,462.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, Bonner lioness BISHOP, a resident of H artwcll,Great North Road, and WILLIAM Down, a resident of 73 Claremont road,Highgate, in the county of Middlesex, En land, subjects of the King ofGreat Britain, ave invented certain new and useful lm rovemen ts inMoney-Boxes, of which the ollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to money-boxes of the kind that are calledsavings-banks. These savings-banks can be set to receive a predeterminedsum of money in coins of one or more denominations and are provided witha counting mechanism which releases automatically the fastening of thebox when the complement has been reached, the box in the meantime beingsecurely closed. The

present invention is directed to the simplification of the mechanism tomake it more easy of construction and to facilitate the manipulation ofthe bank.

In a money-box embodying this invention the coin is made, as in otherboxes of a similar kind, the medium through which the counting mechanismis operated, the size of the coin determinin the extent of the movementof the registering-wheel. There is also a cover for the coin-opening,which when open holds the above-mentioned mechanism out of its operativeposition, so that all attem ts, at tampering with the same to 0 en theOX prematurely Will be frustrated. I he arrangement according to theresent improvement is such that the cover or the coin= opening and thelever which actuates the counting mechanism are in direct cooperation sothat the opening of the former rocks the latter and causes it to bringits end forward to receive the coin and hold the same against itspassage into the box. So long as the cover remains open the lever islocked and the coin cannot advance; but the act of closing the coverreleases the lever and pushes forward the coin against the lever, whichon retiring clears the passage for the coin into the box and at thesometime operates the counting mechanism the pro or degree to registerthe denomination o the inserted com. The parts are adjusted so that thepassage for the coin is not completely clear until the cover is closed,or partially so. A spring is inserted into the coin assage to eject thecoin into the box when t e passage is free.

The accompanying drawings show a savings-bank money-box embodying theimprovements which form the subject of the present application.

Figure l is a plan view of the inside with the lid open. Figs. 2 and 3are top plan views of the lid of the box with the top partly brokenaway, showing the mechanism in diiferent positions; and Fig. 4 is acrosssection on the line 1 2 of Fig. 3.

a is the body of the money-box, and l) is the lid. Within the lid is afixed plate 6,

which carries on one side or other all the mechanism for permitting andregisterin the admission of coins. In the edge of the lid 1) between thetop and the plate 0 is a slot d for the admission of coins, and in theplate 0 is an opening 8 to permit of coins passing into the box. Theslot (1 is provided with a cover or door f, pivoted between the late 0and the top of the lid. This door J is of peculiar form, as seen best atFigs. 2 and 8, and is adapted to coo crate With a lever g, also pivotedbetween t ie plate 0 and the lid, preferably on the same axis as thecounting-wheel h, but independently thereof. The lever g has three arms2', and 7c. The arm i engages with the heel end of the eoverf The arm isforked to receive the edge of the coin and extends over the coinopeninge. The third arm 76 has a pawl Z extending throu h a slot in the plate 0to engage with the teet of and actuate the counting-wheel h.

It will be observed that the end of the cover f and the end of the arm'i of the lever g, as seen in Fig. 3, abut closely together and are soinclined that the abutting surfaces slide freely over one another whenthe cover is moved outward on its ivot. Opening the cover has the effectof rocking the lever g intot e position shown in Fig. 2, with the forkedarmy' advanced across the coin-opening e, so as to effectuall block thesame. From this position the lever 9 cannot be moved so long as thecover f is open, for the curved back of the said cover engages with thecurve between the arms '5 and j of the lever 9 and holds it fast. Thusno coin can be put into the box or the counting wheel moved as long asthe cover f remains open.

The box shown is adapted to receive coins of two denominationsviz.,francs and halffranes and has besides the counting-wheel h, actuated bythe pawl l on the arm I: of the lever g, a second counting-wheel m,which is moved b r the counting-wheel it one step to eachhalf-revolution of the latter. This is effected by a catch a on thewheel h engaging with the teeth of the wheel m. The wheel m indicatesthe tens, and. the wheel It the units, and both the wheels arecorrespondingly figured on both sides. The out side figuring is intendedto show through in'- spection-holes 0. (See Figs. 2 and 3.) The countingmechanism can be set for any sum at which it is desired the box shouldopen, and there will always appear through the in spection-holes the sumstill. required before the locking-bolt will be witl'idrawn.

The fastening of the box is effected by the spring-bolt p or otherconvenient mechanism which is withdrawn by the lug m on the Wheel m whenthe latter is turned to zero by the insertion of the last predeterminedcoin. The arrows indicate the zero position when the locking-bolt iswithdrawn.

and r are s rin )awls for irevcntin b h the wheels h and m from turningbackward. in the wrong direction. Fig. 1. of the drawings shows by thecounting mechanism that one franc is still required to unfasten the box.This maybe supplied by two coins of fifty eentimes or by one-francpiece. Fig. 2 shows a franc-piece on the point of being inserted tounlock the box. The cover f has been opened, thereby drawing the forkedarm 7' of the lever g over the coin-opening c. A. coin has beenintroduced through the slot (1 and guided by the lugs a into the jaws ofthe forked arm The closing in of the cover not only presses in the coin,but disengages its end from the curve of the lever g, so that the latteris free to turn under the pressure of the incoming coin. When the leverg is freed, the incoming eoin,propelled behind by the cover f, actuatesthe lever to operate the counting mechanism and advances itself over thecoin-opening e. When the coin reaches this position,(see Fig. 3,} it isthrown from the jaws of the lever-arm 9' through the opening 6 into thebox by the sprin -finger t. The coin inserted being a full-size one, thecounting-wheel h is moved two teeth, so that the projection n thereonstrikes the tooth a of the wheel in and compels the latter to withdrawthe bolt 7) by means of the lug m on the said wheel. The said bolt isheld back by the lug m on the Wheel m until the said wheel has movedseveral teeth, so that the inadvertent insertion of a few coins too manywill not be likely to prei'naturely disengage the catch.

lfrom the foregoing it will be seen that when the counting mechanism isonce set the manipulation of the box is extremely easy. All that isnecessary is to open the cover insert a coin in the slot, and close thecover again. The coin is thrown into the box and registered by thecounting mechanism auton'iatically.

i hat we claim as our inventioi'i, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is-

1. .In a money-box of the kind specified, a counting mechanism, acoin-operated lever for actuating said counting mechanism, and a pivotedcoin-slot cover engaging directly with said lever for preventing thepassage of the coin into the box when said cover open.

2. In a money-box of the kind specified, a counting mechanism, acoin-operated lever for actuating said counting mechanisn'i, and apivoted coin-slot cover engaging with said lever which lever moreovercooperates with the said cover through the medium of a coin, the saidcoin being caused by the closing of the cover to move the level. to aposition to permit the coin to pass into the box.

3. In a money-box, the combination with counting mechanism and acoin-slot cover, of a three-armed lever of which one arm engages with.the counting mecl'ianism, another arm. serves to prevent the passage ofthe coin into the box and the third arm engages with the coin-slot coverand is operated by the opening of said cover to prevent the passage ofthe coin into the box when said cover is open and operated by theclosing of said cover with a coin between them to permit the passage ofthe coin into the box and to actuate the counting mechanism.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT HODGES BISHOP. WILLIAM DOWN. Witnesses:

A. S. Brsn'or, A. S. J oNEs.

